[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, MUNITIONS: "Camp Bonneville [WA] shooting range: FBI, ATF and Portland Police under scrutiny for usage practices"

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Camp Bonneville shooting range: FBI, ATF and Portland Police under scrutiny for usage practices
Clark County has been clearing military training site of pollutants, addressing groundwater contamination

By Shari Phiel
Columbian (WA)
January 31, 2025

New information provided to Clark County and the state Department of Ecology has raised concerns about how Camp Bonneville is being used by law enforcement agencies.

In September, the state auditor’s office found that both Ecology and the county had failed to conduct periodic reviews of cleanup activities at Camp Bonneville as required. Ecology is now working on completing the review, and Clark County sent questionnaires to the FBI; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and other agencies using the county shooting range at Camp Bonneville about how the site is used.

Friends of Camp Bonneville member Gregory Shaw, who served on a community advisory group disbanded by the county, said those questionnaires revealed troubling practices.

According to the FBI questionnaire, the agency uses the property 70 to 80 days a year. However, Shaw said the last contract with the FBI in effect limited use to 45 days a year. The contract expired in 2022 and is currently in negotiations.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.columbian.com/news/2025/jan/30/fbi-atf-portland-police-use-camp-bonneville-as-a-shooting-range-agencies-practices-called-into-question/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)




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